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A note on (k, n)-arcs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

B. J. Wilson
Affiliation:
Chelsea College, London

Extract

In a finite projective plane S2, q of order q, a (k, n)-arc is a set of k points, of which some n, but no n + 1 are collinear. Barlotti (1) proved that if (n, q) = 1 then

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1974

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